An unidentified homeless person sleeps April 20, 2013, on the sidewalk along Meridian Street next to Christ Church Cathedral.

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The poverty rate rose faster in Indianapolis in the last decade than in all but seven other large cities, according to a book released Monday on poverty in metropolitan areas.

The share of the city's population in poverty increased from 11.95 percent to 21.4 percent between 2000 and 2011, the eighth-largest percentage point change in the primary city areas of the 95 largest metro areas.

The rise puts the city's poverty rate near the average, which was 21.7 percent in 2011. ...